Observation of CP Violation in B± → DK± Decays

• Main Author: Gandini, Paolo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

CP violation is a well-established phenomenon in particle physics, but until 2001 it was only observed in kaons. In the last decade, several matter-antimatter asymmetries have been observed in neutral B mesons in line with the expectations of the Standard Model of the weak interaction.  Direct CP vi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• CP violation in the SM and the CKM angle γ
• The LHCb experiment at the LHC
• Reconstruction and selection
• Background studies
• The simultaneous fit
• Results
• Conclusions
• Distributions of the BDT input variables
• Validation of the ApT variable
• Histograms of systematic errors
• Bibliography.